THE PROTOTYPE SUPER CRUSADER 10K

 

The Crusader 5 Element Yagi Beam Antenna, modified into a Super Crusader 7 Element Yagi beam Antenna. We have modified the 24 Foot Crusader 10K Boom to be 35 Feet long, adding on 2 each 6 foot length of tubing onto the ends of the Crusader 10K, to allow two more elements to installed for on going prototype testing.

Later a Trust Assembly was added to strengthen the much longer 35 foot boom to protect it from the severe Mojave Desert winds that can occasionally hit 80 to 90 MPH without regard to technician or antenna owner.

This Prototype Testing is being done to test the use of the Beta Match and Balun transformer system. We are pleased to see the Super Crusader 7 working as designed. Long distance stations all over the southland report that we are slamming them pretty good!
Here is Steve, raising up the Super Crusader. Note the fact that he was finally forced to put the beer down.

 

The Super Crusader 10 KW RMS / 20KW Peak 7 Element Yagi Beam is now up and being tested. It is a Prototype and not yet released for production.